Russian Arctic region energy balance (Republic of Sakha (Yakutia))

• Published in: E3S Web of Conferences
• Main Authors: Zakharov Vasiliy, Prokhorov Dmitry, Pavlov Nikita
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; French
• Published: EDP Sciences 2019
• Subjects: demo; scipo; Arctic; Sakha; Republic of Sakha; Yakutia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/201911402005; https://www.e3s-conferences.org/articles/e3sconf/pdf/2019/40/e3sconf_esr2019_02005.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/54bfbc4d309f41128ddc25b23cb66049

The Arctic territories have a low population density due to the severity of the climate. Nevertheless, the indigenous people have been living in the Arctic for centuries. Ensuring their energy security is a complex technical task and at the same time is one of the significant costs of regional state budgets. The article analyzes the energy balance of the Arctic administrative regions of the largest region of the Russian Federation - the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). Potential optimization of energy balance while maintaining the existing technological platform.